Palate

Finish

Medium – long, slightly drying with oak notes from the nose. More orange and lemons, wood spices and the same unexpected pepper attack towards the end as other Single Barrel bottlings - this was more black pepper than white.

Overall

A near identical whisky to cask 1459.

A great Balvenie, sadly these 15 years-old Single Barrel bottles are no longer produced. As mentioned on the nose, this whisky is very clean and clinical. Although a great whisky, a little roughness would have made it more unique but that’s the Balvenie way.